NEW DELHI: Winners of recently held 2G spectrum auction will have to make payment, either in full or at least 33 per cent of the due amount, by December 1, the Department of Telecom said today.

"... the last date for payment is December 1, 2012. If the payment is not received by the last date, the EMD (earnest money deposit) will be forfeited," DoT said in the notice.

Recently, the government concluded auction of GSM spectrum (1800 Mhz band airwaves frequencies) earning a total of Rs 9,407.64 crore against a minimum potential of Rs 28,000 crore.

As per the auction result, Telenor-promoted Telewings Communications won spectrum in six telecom circles and will have to pay maximum in the total amount at Rs 4,018.28 crore, followed by Videocon Telecommunications at Rs 2,221.44 crore, Idea Cellular Rs 2,031.31 crore, Vodafone Rs 1,127.94 crore and Bharti Airtel will have to pay Rs 8.67 crore.